Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Russian Federation (Ratification: 1956)
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 - Russian Federation (Ratification: 2019)

1. Further to its previous comments the Committee notes with interest the adoption of Act No. 3324-I of 17 July 1992 (CT. 1977) on the discharge from active military service of officers on their own request. The Committee notes that officers, who have not yet attained the age of retirement, are discharged at their own request, if they have served at least five years as an officer since they left the military school.

The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the possibilities for military personnel other than officers to leave the service on their own initiative, after a reasonable time, including copies of applicable provisions.

2. Article 25 of the Convention. In its previous direct request the Committee requested the Government to provide information on the manner in which auxiliary labour of students and other persons for agricultural tasks is being organized, including copies of any relevant decisions and regulations.

The Committee notes the Government's indication in its report that in the former USSR there existed an administrative practice for recruiting scholars, students and workers for agricultural work during harvesting. In the Russian Federation these last months (1992-93) that practice is dying out and no complaint in this regard was referred to the Ministry of Labour. Today recruitment of supplementary labour force by agricultural enterprises during the harvest season, can only take place according to an individual agreement. The Government mentions in this connection that students wishing to participate in the harvest retain their stipendium; their work is paid by the svokhzes and kolkhozes following an agreement that takes into consideration the wages paid for such kind of work.

The Committee would appreciate if the Government would provide samples of such agreements as well as copies of applicable legislative provisions and to continue to provide information on the evolution of practice in this matter.